moro

[Lat. mor us =a mulberry.] Med.: A small absce resembling a mulberry. Mõ-roc-can, a. [Eng. Morocc (o); -an .] Of or pertaining to Morocco or its inhabitants. mō-roc-cō, s. [Named from Morocco, in North Africa, whither the Saracens, on their expulsion from Spain, carried with them their art of preparing leather; Fr. maroquin .] A fancy leather tanned with sumach and dyed. Used for bookbinding, ladies' shoes, upholstering furniture, cushions, . True morocco leather is prepared from goat-skins, but sheep-skins are extensively used in the preparation of an inferior quality. The coast of Barbary yet yields a large supply of goat-skins for the manufacturers of France and England. For some centuries the principal supply was from the Levant, which still yields a large quantity of goatskins and morocco leather. *mör-o-log-ic-al-ly, adv . [As if from an Eng. morological , with suff. -ly.] In the way of morology. "Morologically speaking, the production is no richer or sillier." -Lord Strang ford : Letters and Papers , p. 164. *mo-rol-ö-ģỹ, s. [Greek mōrologia , from moros foolish, and logos =speech.] Foolish talk; folly, nonsense. mo-rōne', s. & a. [Lat. mor us =a mulberry.] A. As subst. The color of the unripe mulberry; a deep crimson color. B. As adj.: Of a deep crimson color. mor-on-ō'-bě-ą, s. [From moronobo, the native name.] Bot. The typical genus of the tribe Moronobere (q. v.). Moronobea coccinea is said by some to furnish Hog gum (q. v.). mor-on-ō-bě-æ, s. pl. [Mod. Lat. moronob ( ea ); Lat. fem.pl. adj. suff. -eœ.] Bot.: A tribe of Clusia cere. pine, pit, sire, sir, marine; gō, pot, The American Dictionary and Cyclopedia moronolite